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Front Matter i-iii
Introduction 4-4
Personnel 5-5
Reports 6-7
Duties of Coroner 8-9
Judicial Duties of Coroner 10-11
Facilities for Postmortem Examination 12-16
Cleveland 17-21
Present Survey of the Coroner System 22-22
Duties of Coroner 23-23
Character of Work Done 24-25
Toxicologic Examinations 26-26
Bacteriologic Examinations 27-27
San Francisco 28-28
Jurisdiction of Coroner 29-29
Records 30-31
Lack of Cooperation With Other Agencies 32-32
Decadence of the Office 33-33
Nontechnical Staff 34-34
Procedure in Coroners Cases 35-35
Coroners Necropsies 36-36
Toxicologie Examinations 37-37
Relation To Undertakers 38-39
Cooperation With Other Agencies 40-40
Summary 41-42
Abolition of Coroners Office by Massachusetts 43-43
Records 44-44
Use of Material for Teaching 45-45
Morgue Facilities 46-46
Kinds of Cases Investigated 47-47
Summary 48-48
The Medical Examiner System in Massachuretts Outside of Boston 49-49
Records 50-50
The Medical Examiner Act 51-51
Appointment of Assistants 52-52
Necropsies 53-53
Functions of Medical Examiner 54-54
Organization of Office 55-57
Morgue Facilities 58-58
Toxicologic Examinations 59-59
Transportation 60-60
Records of the Office 61-61
Relation of Medical Examiner Service To Other Public Services 62-62
District Attorneys 63-63
Department of Health 64-64
Hospitals 65-65
Research and Publications 66-66
Medical Assistant To District Attorney 67-67
Summary and Recommendations 68-68
Part Time Service 69-69
Advancement of Knowledge 70-70
Comparative Costs of the Two Systems 71-74
Teaching of Forensic Medicine 75-76
Medicolegal Institutes 77-78
Summary of Defects of Coroner System and of Advantages of Medical Examiner System 79-81
Recommendations 82-83
Expert Medical Aid in Nonhomicide Cases 84-86
Conflicts Between Legal and Medical Theories 87-89
Procedural Limitations Upon Medical Testimony 90-93

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The coroner and the medical examiner, issued under the auspices of the Committee on Medicolegal Problems (1928)

Chapter: Summary and Recommendations

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The coroner and the medical examiner, issued under the auspices of the Committee on Medicolegal Problems (1928)

Chapter: Summary and Recommendations